Power managment -- fan noise Asus U31

[nsznaj]

nahuel@nahuel:~$ cat /etc/bumblebee/bumblebee.conf
# Configuration file for Bumblebee. Values should **not** be put between quotes

## Server options. Any change made in this section will need a server restart
# to take effect.
[bumblebeed]
# The secondary Xorg server DISPLAY number
VirtualDisplay=:8
# Should the unused Xorg server be kept running? Set this to true if waiting
# for X to be ready is too long and don't need power management at all.
KeepUnusedXServer=false
# The name of the Bumbleblee server group name (GID name)
ServerGroup=bumblebee
# Card power state at exit. Set to false if the card shoud be ON when Bumblebee
# server exits.
TurnCardOffAtExit=false
# The default behavior of '-f' option on optirun. If set to "true", '-f' will
# be ignored.
NoEcoModeOverride=false
# The Driver used by Bumblebee server. If this value is not set (or empty),
# auto-detection is performed. The available drivers are nvidia and nouveau
# (See also the driver-specific sections below)
Driver=

## Client options. Will take effect on the next optirun executed.
[optirun]
# The method used for VirtualGL to transport frames between X servers.
# Possible values are proxy, jpeg, rgb, xv and yuv.
VGLTransport=proxy
# Should the program run under optirun even if Bumblebee server or nvidia card
# is not available?
AllowFallbackToIGC=false


# Driver-specific settings are grouped under [driver-NAME]. The sections are
# parsed if the Driver setting in [bumblebeed] is set to NAME (or if auto-
# detection resolves to NAME).
# PMMethod: method to use for saving power by disabling the nvidia card, valid
# values are: auto - automatically detect which PM method to use
#         bbswitch - new in BB 3, recommended if available
#       switcheroo - vga_switcheroo method, use at your own risk
#             none - disable PM completely
# https://github.com/Bumblebee-Project/Bumblebee/wiki/Comparison-of-PM-methods

## Section with nvidia driver specific options, only parsed if Driver=nvidia
[driver-nvidia]
# Module name to load, defaults to Driver if empty or unset
KernelDriver=nvidia-current
Module=nvidia
PMMethod=auto
# colon-separated path to the nvidia libraries
LibraryPath=/usr/lib/nvidia-current:/usr/lib32/nvidia-current
# comma-separated path of the directory containing nvidia_drv.so and the
# default Xorg modules path
XorgModulePath=/usr/lib/nvidia-current/xorg,/usr/lib/xorg/modules
XorgConfFile=/etc/bumblebee/xorg.conf.nvidia

## Section with nouveau driver specific options, only parsed if Driver=nouveau
[driver-nouveau]
KernelDriver=nouveau
PMMethod=auto
XorgConfFile=/etc/bumblebee/xorg.conf.nouveau

nahuel@nahuel:~$ cat /etc/bumblebee/bumblebee.conf
# Configuration file for Bumblebee. Values should **not** be put between quotes

## Server options. Any change made in this section will need a server restart
# to take effect.
[bumblebeed]
# The secondary Xorg server DISPLAY number
VirtualDisplay=:8
# Should the unused Xorg server be kept running? Set this to true if waiting
# for X to be ready is too long and don't need power management at all.
KeepUnusedXServer=false
# The name of the Bumbleblee server group name (GID name)
ServerGroup=bumblebee
# Card power state at exit. Set to false if the card shoud be ON when Bumblebee
# server exits.
TurnCardOffAtExit=false
# The default behavior of '-f' option on optirun. If set to "true", '-f' will
# be ignored.
NoEcoModeOverride=false
# The Driver used by Bumblebee server. If this value is not set (or empty),
# auto-detection is performed. The available drivers are nvidia and nouveau
# (See also the driver-specific sections below)
Driver=

## Client options. Will take effect on the next optirun executed.
[optirun]
# The method used for VirtualGL to transport frames between X servers.
# Possible values are proxy, jpeg, rgb, xv and yuv.
VGLTransport=proxy
# Should the program run under optirun even if Bumblebee server or nvidia card
# is not available?
AllowFallbackToIGC=false


# Driver-specific settings are grouped under [driver-NAME]. The sections are
# parsed if the Driver setting in [bumblebeed] is set to NAME (or if auto-
# detection resolves to NAME).
# PMMethod: method to use for saving power by disabling the nvidia card, valid
# values are: auto - automatically detect which PM method to use
#         bbswitch - new in BB 3, recommended if available
#       switcheroo - vga_switcheroo method, use at your own risk
#             none - disable PM completely
# https://github.com/Bumblebee-Project/Bumblebee/wiki/Comparison-of-PM-methods

## Section with nvidia driver specific options, only parsed if Driver=nvidia
[driver-nvidia]
# Module name to load, defaults to Driver if empty or unset
KernelDriver=nvidia-current
Module=nvidia
PMMethod=auto
# colon-separated path to the nvidia libraries
LibraryPath=/usr/lib/nvidia-current:/usr/lib32/nvidia-current
# comma-separated path of the directory containing nvidia_drv.so and the
# default Xorg modules path
XorgModulePath=/usr/lib/nvidia-current/xorg,/usr/lib/xorg/modules
XorgConfFile=/etc/bumblebee/xorg.conf.nvidia

## Section with nouveau driver specific options, only parsed if Driver=nouveau
[driver-nouveau]
KernelDriver=nouveau
PMMethod=auto
XorgConfFile=/etc/bumblebee/xorg.conf.nouveau

nahuel@nahuel:~$ cat /etc/bumblebee/bumblebee.conf
# Configuration file for Bumblebee. Values should **not** be put between quotes

## Server options. Any change made in this section will need a server restart
# to take effect.
[bumblebeed]
# The secondary Xorg server DISPLAY number
VirtualDisplay=:8
# Should the unused Xorg server be kept running? Set this to true if waiting
# for X to be ready is too long and don't need power management at all.
KeepUnusedXServer=false
# The name of the Bumbleblee server group name (GID name)
ServerGroup=bumblebee
# Card power state at exit. Set to false if the card shoud be ON when Bumblebee
# server exits.
TurnCardOffAtExit=false
# The default behavior of '-f' option on optirun. If set to "true", '-f' will
# be ignored.
NoEcoModeOverride=false
# The Driver used by Bumblebee server. If this value is not set (or empty),
# auto-detection is performed. The available drivers are nvidia and nouveau
# (See also the driver-specific sections below)
Driver=

## Client options. Will take effect on the next optirun executed.
[optirun]
# The method used for VirtualGL to transport frames between X servers.
# Possible values are proxy, jpeg, rgb, xv and yuv.
VGLTransport=proxy
# Should the program run under optirun even if Bumblebee server or nvidia card
# is not available?
AllowFallbackToIGC=false


# Driver-specific settings are grouped under [driver-NAME]. The sections are
# parsed if the Driver setting in [bumblebeed] is set to NAME (or if auto-
# detection resolves to NAME).
# PMMethod: method to use for saving power by disabling the nvidia card, valid
# values are: auto - automatically detect which PM method to use
#         bbswitch - new in BB 3, recommended if available
#       switcheroo - vga_switcheroo method, use at your own risk
#             none - disable PM completely
# https://github.com/Bumblebee-Project/Bumblebee/wiki/Comparison-of-PM-methods

## Section with nvidia driver specific options, only parsed if Driver=nvidia
[driver-nvidia]
# Module name to load, defaults to Driver if empty or unset
KernelDriver=nvidia-current
Module=nvidia
PMMethod=auto
# colon-separated path to the nvidia libraries
LibraryPath=/usr/lib/nvidia-current:/usr/lib32/nvidia-current
# comma-separated path of the directory containing nvidia_drv.so and the
# default Xorg modules path
XorgModulePath=/usr/lib/nvidia-current/xorg,/usr/lib/xorg/modules
XorgConfFile=/etc/bumblebee/xorg.conf.nvidia

## Section with nouveau driver specific options, only parsed if Driver=nouveau
[driver-nouveau]
KernelDriver=nouveau
PMMethod=auto
XorgConfFile=/etc/bumblebee/xorg.conf.nouveau

nahuel@nahuel:~$

[NikTh]

Copy-paste carefully this command from here to your terminal ..

sudo sed 's/KernelDriver=nvidia-current/KernelDriver=nvidia/g' -i /etc/bumblebee/bumblebee.conf

Reboot your system and give the results

cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log|grep -e WW -e EE
cat /etc/bumblebee/bumblebee.conf | grep KernelDriver

Thanks

[nsznaj]

nahuel@nahuel:~$ sed 's/KernelDriver=nvidia-current/KernelDriver=nvidia/g' -i /etc/bumblebee/bumblebee.conf
sed: couldn't open temporary file /etc/bumblebee/sed4Gs1Yz: Permission denied
nahuel@nahuel:~$

[NikTh]

Prefix with sudo . Edited. Try again.

[nsznaj]

i added sudo and did it, now rebooting!

[nsznaj]

nahuel@nahuel:~$ cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log|grep -e WW -e EE
	(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
[    14.467] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic" does not exist.
[    14.467] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/" does not exist.
[    14.467] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/" does not exist.
[    14.467] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi" does not exist.
[    14.467] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi" does not exist.
[    14.467] (WW) The directory "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType" does not exist.
[    14.467] (WW) Hotplugging is on, devices using drivers 'kbd', 'mouse' or 'vmmouse' will be disabled.
[    14.467] (WW) Disabling Keyboard0
[    14.467] (WW) Disabling Mouse0
[    14.480] (II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
[    14.498] (WW) Warning, couldn't open module nvidia
[    14.498] (EE) Failed to load module "nvidia" (module does not exist, 0)
[    14.500] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for vesa
[    14.500] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for fbdev
nahuel@nahuel:~$ cat /etc/bumblebee/bumblebee.conf | grep KernelDriver
KernelDriver=nvidia
KernelDriver=nouveau
nahuel@nahuel:~$

[NikTh]

Lets try something else...

echo 'blacklist nouveau' | sudo tee -a /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
echo 'nvidia' | sudo tee -a /etc/modules

You have to reboot again ..

Give the results of

cat /etc/modules
cat /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf 
cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log|grep -e WW -e EE 
cat /etc/bumblebee/bumblebee.conf
lspci -nnk | grep -iA2 vga

Thanks

[nsznaj]

nahuel@nahuel:~$ echo 'blacklist nouveau' | sudo tee -a /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
[sudo] password for nahuel: 
blacklist nouveau
nahuel@nahuel:~$ echo 'nvidia' | sudo tee -e /etc/modules
tee: invalid option -- 'e'
Try `tee --help' for more information.
nahuel@nahuel:~$

[NikTh]

I think I have to buy glasses , -a not -e . Edited.

Also try these commands before reboot.

sudo rm /etc/X11/xorg.conf 
sudo nvidia-xconfig

Then reboot.

[nsznaj]

nahuel@nahuel:~$ echo 'nvidia' | sudo tee -a /etc/modules
nvidia
nahuel@nahuel:~$ sudo rm /etc/X11/xorg.conf 
nahuel@nahuel:~$ sudo nvidia-xconfig
sudo: nvidia-xconfig: command not found
nahuel@nahuel:~$ sudo nvidia-
nvidia-detector  nvidia-settings  
nahuel@nahuel:~$